302409 (v.2) Chemistry For Life Sciences 101


Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

10.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Individual Study:

1 x 10 Hours Weekly

Equivalent(s):

302040 (v.3) BIO15 Chemistry For Life Sciences or any previous version

Anti Requisite(s):

7230 (v.5) Chemistry 117 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Why do we need to understand chemistry? Concepts of matter, measurement in chemistry. Atomic structure 1 - introduction, atomic structure, electronic configuration. Chemical bonds 1 - ionic bonds. Chemical bonds 2 - covalent bonds, chemical calculations,formulae, masses, and moles. Gases and intermolecular forces in liquids, solutions, acids, bases and buffers, chemical reactions, nuclear chemistry. Organic chemistry - saturated hydrocarbons, organic chemistry - unsaturated hydrocarbons, organic chemistry - alcohols, phenols and thiols, organic chemistry - aldehydes and ketones, organic chemistry - carboxylic acids and esters, organic chemistry - amines and amides.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

10500 Chemical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Essential

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1   Y  
2004 Bentley Campus Special Term 1     Y
2004 Bentley Campus Special Term 3     Y
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area